tvc.dsj.org | June 25, 2019 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
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Archbishop Mitty High School Celebrates Class of 2019
Last month, Archbishop Mitty High
School welcomed nearly 3,500 friends
and family members to Father Jack
Russi Field to celebrate the Class of
2019’s commencement ceremony. The
event was held Saturday, May 25th,
and the school recognized more than
400 graduates, including five who were
recipients of special awards.
Senior Malavika Ramaroa was
named the valedictorian. She main-
tained an impressive 4.6 cumulative
academic grade point average and was
a leader in several school programs,
including the newspaper, the speech
and debate team, and the Mitty Advo-
cacy Project. This school year, Malavika
was presented with the prestigious
Archbishop Mitty General Excellence
Award for being one of the top three
students in a total of four different
academic areas. During the summer,
Malavika pursued her love of research
and medicine by working at the Genet-
ics and Neuroscience Microbiology Lab
at Smith College in Massachusetts, the
Microbiology Lab at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst, and the
National Institute of Health in Fort
Derrick, Maryland. This fall, Malavika
will be attending Cornell University.
The salutatorian award went to
senior Eshan Gupta, who emerged as
a leader early in high school. Eshan
participated in Student Government
for four years, serving first as class
representative, then ASB secretary,
and — eventually — ASB President.
Eshan earned a 4.6 cumulative grade
point average. He was an active par-
ticipant in the school’s speech and
debate team, proving to be one of the
most award-winning members of the
four-time state champion squad. Eshan
also participated in the Model UN, the
school newspaper, the Mitty Advocacy
Project, and the Ethics, Culture, Justice:
South Africa class. This spring, Eshan
was honored with an Archbishop
Mitty General Excellence Award for
being one of the top three students in
five different disciplines. In addition to
these accomplishments, Eshan is a first
degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. This
fall, he will be attending Georgetown
University.
The Regents Award winners were
also recognized during the commence-
ment exercises. Senior Sophia Scott was
named the most outstanding female
student. She earned a 4.58 GPA and
added greatly to each classroom she
entered by being a student who was
engaged, articulate, insightful, and
collaborative. Sophia participated in
the school’s cross country team, was a
leader on retreats, and was part of the
ECJ: India class. She also served as an
editor for the school’s literary maga-
zine, The Muse. Next year, Sophia will
be sharing her incredible gifts with the
student body at Boston College.
Archbishop Mitty High School seniors, from
left, Aditi Chatradhi, Eshan Gupta, Malavika
Ramaroa, Jackson Walker and Sophia Scott
gather at graduation for one more selfie.
Senior Jackson Walker was named
the most outstanding male student
and was recognized for being a leader
inside and outside the classroom. He
maintained a 4.34 GPA and elevated
class discussions with polished, ma-
ture, and insightful contributions.
Jackson played water polo, led a school
retreat, participated in the ECJ: South
Africa class, and was an editor for the
sports section of the school newspaper.
He actively participated in the Campus
Ministry leadership team: LIFE Corps.
Perhaps most notably, he was very in-
volved in Student Activities and served
as senior class president this year. Jack-
son will be attending the University of
Wisconsin at Madison in the fall.
Finally, senior Aditi Chatradhi was
honored with the Romero Award,
named after the recently canonized
Archbishop Oscar Romero. The award
recognizes one graduating senior who
promotes social justice. The recipient of
this award delivers a reflection at the
Baccalaureate Mass. Aditi was recog-
nized for maintaining an impressive
4.57 GPA while actively participating in
the Mitty Advocacy Project, a student
leadership program that engages in leg-
islative advocacy, grassroots awareness
projects, and community education on
social justice issues. Her advocacy ef-
forts led her to seek an internship with
the district office of Assemblymember
Evan Low (D-Campbell). In addition
to that, Aditi helped found theCode-
Matrix, a student-run nonprofit that
makes coding more accessible to young
people. Recently, Aditi was asked to
deliver a TED Talk about the creation
and growth of this nonprofit. She also
gave the keynote address for the IBM
Academy of Technology’s annual
STEM event at the University of Texas,
Austin.
Congratulations to the Class of 2019!
Girl Scout Brownies Take Action
As part of their Brownie Quest
initiative, the Girl Scout Brownies at
Resurrection School in Sunnyvale de-
signed a “Take Action” project to solve
one of the problems they were facing
in school. The problem they identified
was the messy girl’s bathroom. They
created fun signs to get the attention of
the students and made a presentation to
Principal Wright to promote their signs.
Pictured are the second grade Brownies
with Principal Jacque Wright.
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Presentation High School
Celebrates June with Graduation
On Saturday, June 1, the Presentation High School Class of 2019 celebrated
graduation and received their diplomas. This class was extraordinary, and have
made their mark here at Pres while Pres became a home away from home.
Perhaps our valedictorian, Nina Ramchandani, said it best, “We’ll grow this
one community into two-hundred and eleven stronger ones. And even though
we may never be 18 and in high school again, we will find Pres in everything we
do. We will find home in everything we do.”
We can’t wait to see what these amazing young women will do in the world, con-
gratulations Class of 2019!